Originally Posted by
tigerlover 
i dont want my girfriend to get bored with the new me. i want to go out and show her a good time, that im able to go out, but i cant without drinking.
When you say "go out and show her a good time" it sounds like bars, restaurants, concerts...places with both crowds and available alcohol?
Maybe break the pattern and find other things to do (assuming that's the case) - the zoo, museums, parks, whatever it is that tourists do when they visit where you live, rodeos and other sporting events, outdoorsy type activities, heck poetry readings....something different.